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Newspaper

Bristol Phoenix

Location

Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1882

Page

2

Appenoug Man Receives Menacing Pistol Note At Midnight

A man and his brother were pelted from brush and fired upon after receiving a skull adorned pistol and letter ordering a midnight meeting with an unknown writer on Curtain Road. They returned fire but found no suspect. A Canton incident on the railroad involved drifters placing a torpedo on the rails below the viaduct, halting a freight train. The Inebriata Woman's Home becomes a Chicago institution as the Military Institute property near Belle Plaine is purchased by Washingtonian Home trustees for a women led reform effort.

Boston and Providence Canton Inebriata Woman's Home Chicago Military Institute of Bergh Alexandria 60Th Rifles Garibaldi Canada England New York Alabama Arabi Pasha Egypt Icc Erin Mohammed Itapix

War scare claims Russian advance toward the Bosphorus

The London dispatch reports Russia has fortified the Caucasus with about 200 000 troops and stores ready for a Bosphorus descent. England delays Egypt expedition amid warnings of war preparations and mobilization. In Providence, Willard Waircoms, longtime City Hotel landlord, dies at East Providence home after months of illness. The Riverside column notes Willard Whitcomb’s death, mourning a well known citizen and friend with a long, loving life.

London New York Russia Caucasus Bosphorus England Egypt WiLtard Waircoms City Providence East Providence Riverside Providence Journal Willard Whitcomb Whitcomb

Fixed red fourth order light at Whale Rock lighthouse

A Light-House Board notice from Washington reports that from October 1, 1882 a fixed red light of the fourth order will be shown at the Whale Rock lighthouse at Narragansett Bay. The light will cover 315 degrees with a focal plane forty three feet above ground and seventy three feet above mean low water. Visible fourteen nautical miles from a vessel decked fifteen feet above sea. The cast iron frustum tower sits on a concrete filled pier, white tower red pier and black lantern. A fog bell will ring every twenty seconds in thick fog.

Light-House Board Washington, D. C Whale Rock Narragansett Bay S. W

Endurable heat grips New York as city faces turmoil

August 1882 reports New York and Brooklyn heat waves with averages near 86 degrees and waste heat from street works. Health efforts surge as 100 doctors visit the poor. stock exchange trims costs and fires messengers. Odd incidents include a boy’s death hoax, Bergh s standoffs, and sensational fights at Madison Square Garden.

New York Brooklyn Bagdad Board of Health Stock Exchange District Telegraph Company Div Delmonico's Twenty-third Street Delmonico’s Far West Side John Obreight Sam Possa Glova Madison Square Garden Vanderbilt Jersey Lightning

American Farms and Ownership Patterns in 1880

Census Bureau figures show about four million farms in 1880. Of these, roughly three million were owned by their occupants, while the rest were partly rented and partly worked for shares. Many farms were small. over a million had under fifty acres, over two million under a hundred, and only about one hundred thousand exceeded five hundred acres.

Census Bureau

Sunday Magazine brings edifying reading and illustrations

The September issue offers Rev Talmage on The Horse and his Rider, What are our Departed Friends Doing Now, California Big Trees, and The Disciples of Menno Simon. Marion Harland serial A Good Fellow continues, plus Weighed and Wanting and other works. Editorials, notes, and poems fill the issue, priced 25 cents per copy or 3 dollars yearly. Publisher Frank Leslie, Park Place, New York.

Marion Harland Frank Leslie Park Place New York

Crop report warns of drought across Worcester county

The Worcester Spy notes extreme surface dryness since July 1, with 1 PM temperatures around 84.7 degrees. Hay yields are heavy yet late crops fail, corn and oats foddering, early potatoes fair and late vegetables poor. Apples decline as wild berries dry up. springs and wells dwindle, sparking fears of future feed shortages without rain.

Har Worcester Worcester County Mass

Exterior Church Restored Amid Fresh Paint and Repairs

State Street Methodist Church recently had its exterior repainted under James Hoar supervision. Steeple work finished. minor staging removed. Iron front fence refreshed and other improvements completed giving the building a fine appearance. Carpenter Mr. Marshall Prairie and mason Mr. Israel Dubee were injured when a wagon upset on Thames Street near the depot after a whiffle-tree broke. Dr. Barnes and Dr. Shipman attended to the injured. The steamer Bradford Durfee broke its main shaft near Pappasquash Point. passengers were taken to Providence via the Richard Borden and P. W. & Bristol Railroad, with about seventy five aboard. The vessel then reached Fall River under careful handling.

State Street M. E James Hoar Marshall Prairie Carpenter Israel Dubee Mason Thames Street Praine G. T. Barnes Dubee Shipman Bradford Durfee Providence Pappasquash Point Richard Borden Rocky Point Fall River

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